Layers of Earth
Natural Disasters
Plate tectonics
Mining Techniques
Minerals
100
Which compositional layer of the Earth is the thinnest?
What is the crust?
100

A natural disaster involving large waves.

What is a tsunami?

100
Scientists think continents were once a large single landmass that broke apart and then the continents slowly DRIFTED to their present locations. What is the name given to this hypothesis?
What is continental drift?
100

The type of mining used for ores on or near the surface.

What is surface mining?

100

Mineral used in fertilizer.

What is potash?

200
How is the outer core different than the inner core?
What is the outer core is liquid and the inner core is solid?
200

A natural disaster caused by diverging plate boundaries?

What is a volcano?

200
Tectonic plates puching into each other is what kind of boundary?
What is a convergent boundary?
200

The type of mining used for ores that are deeper beneath the surface.

What is underground mining?

200

Mineral used for nuclear energy. 

What is uranium?

300
Going from inner layer to outer layer, name the 3 compositional layers.
What is the core, the mantle, and the crust?
300

A natural disaster caused by transforming plate boundaries.

What is an earthquake?

300

Two plates move horizontally past one another. 

What are transforming plate boundaries?

300

A type of mining that uses a solution to pump out ores underground.

What is in-situ mining?

300

Location of coal mines in Saskatchewan.

What is Southern Saskatchewan?

400
The Earth's core is made up of mainly two elements, name them.
What are nickel and iron?
400

What is the most dangerous part of an earthquake?

What are falling buildings and structures?

400

What are diverging plate boundaries?

What are two plates moving apart?

400

A mining technique in which a sample is removed to determine how much ore is in the area.

What is rock core drilling/sampling?

400

Location of gold mines in Saskatchewan.

What is Northern Saskatchewan?

500

This layer is divided into pieces called tectonic plates.

What is the crust?

500

What is the purpose of earthquake-proof structures?

What is for people to evacuate structures before they collapse?

500

How do mountains form?

What is converging plate boundaries push up the Earth's core?

500

The place where you would look to start a new mining site.

What is near an existing mine site?

500
If you were to start a mine in Debden, what mineral would you likely be mining for?

What is potash?

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